title: [National research program on the economy and efficacy of the health system in Switzerland: scientific objective and practical aspects].
abstract: Scientific and policy targets of the National Research Program on Health Care Efficiency. Following a brief review of the general background, the specific goals of the program are presented: the realization of a solid scientific and interdisciplinary basis in the field of systematic health-system-research in Switzerland. After a review of the criteria which were employed to select out of one hundred offers some twenty research projects, a summary of these projects permits to illustrate the architecture of the whole program.
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000191:economics*; D006291:Health Policy; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs; D012106:Research; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Le programme national de recherche sur l'économie et l'efficacité du système de santé en Suisse: objectif scientifique et portée pratique.